Delhi Muslims protest over mosque demolition

[Aslan]

By AFP
NEW DELHI - Hundreds of Muslims clashed with police in central New Delhi on Wednesday during an attempt by local authorities to demolish an illegally built mosque, officials said.

The "Noor Mosque" in the Muslim-dominated upscale Nizamuddin area of the Indian capital was earmarked for demolition by the Delhi Development Authority because it was built on government land.

Thousands of illegal religious structures exist across India and the clashes on Wednesday illustrate the difficulty of trying to remove them, which leads to violence and protests.

"Muslims attacked the government officials and circled the mosque. Police had to use tear gas shells to disperse the mob," an officer at the Nizamuddin police station told AFP, asking not to be named.

There were no reports of injuries and police had not made any arrests, she said, adding that over 150 policemen have been deployed to maintain law and order.

In 2009, India's top court slapped a blanket ban on any fresh construction of places of worship on state property after strong pressure from the national government.

Parks, streets, railway stations and schools are dotted with illegal shrines, and now the government is pushing laws through the courts to end further encroachment.

Delhi Muslims protest over mosque demolition, India General News - Maktoob News

 

[subject17]

dude do you have any idea how many road side temples being demolished in India daily basis? Illegal constructions deserves to be demolished. Don't give an religious angle towards it.

 

[Areesh]

Well some days ago some one was crying over supposed occupation of Gurdwara land in Lahore.

Pakistan sells sikh Gurudwara Land to its Army

Hypocrites.

 

[Leviza]

By AFP
NEW DELHI - Hundreds of Muslims clashed with police in central New Delhi on Wednesday during an attempt by local authorities to demolish an illegally built mosque, officials said.

The "Noor Mosque" in the Muslim-dominated upscale Nizamuddin area of the Indian capital was earmarked for demolition by the Delhi Development Authority because it was built on government land.

Thousands of illegal religious structures exist across India and the clashes on Wednesday illustrate the difficulty of trying to remove them, which leads to violence and protests.

"Muslims attacked the government officials and circled the mosque. Police had to use tear gas shells to disperse the mob," an officer at the Nizamuddin police station told AFP, asking not to be named.

There were no reports of injuries and police had not made any arrests, she said, adding that over 150 policemen have been deployed to maintain law and order.

In 2009, India's top court slapped a blanket ban on any fresh construction of places of worship on state property after strong pressure from the national government.

Parks, streets, railway stations and schools are dotted with illegal shrines, and now the government is pushing laws through the courts to end further encroachment.

Delhi Muslims protest over mosque demolition, India General News - Maktoob News

Indians can call any mosque illegally built as most of the time for mosque no one buy the land in personal name and its a gov responsibility to mark is as religious land, which indians dont do and whenever they want due to high market value the start doing this sort of things

why on earth they didnt report when this mosque was contructed? its just indian media to proof everything illegally built if its belong to muslims.......

SHAME on indians

 

[Spring Onion]

They should relocate the mosque to some other place

 

[Aslan]

dude do you have any idea how many road side temples being demolished in India daily basis? Illegal constructions deserves to be demolished. Don't give an religious angle towards it.

Dude u should read the comment again and see if you find any thing that I had added in it, nor have I tried to give it any kind of angle. And I am sure that you wont find any thing so stop displaying your intelligence.

 

[shrivatsa]

illegal structure whatever they are must go for example in mysore more then 10 temples have been demolished
Temples, dargah demolished in Mysore district

Following directions from the Supreme Court to clear places of worship in public spaces, a team of officials led by Tahsildhar T Javaregowda cleared illegal temples in Karpuravalli, Bevinahalli and Ankanahalli near Saligrama, K R Nagar taluk in Mysore, on Thursday.

The operation was carried out under tight police security.

The officials demolished a dargah structure in Karpuravalli, Anjaneyaswamy temple in Bevinahalli village and Navagraha temple in Ankanahalli.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, Tahsildhar T Javaregowda said that the demolition drive was taken up following the verdict of the Supreme Court. People should respect law, he added.

 

[StingRoy]

Last week 3 temples on my way to the office were demolished built on govt land for road expansion ... should we also protest?.

Illegal structures on govt land are liable to be destroyed ... do the guys who build mosques or temples not have common sense to build a place of worship in a legit way?

 

[Paan Singh]

Indians can call any mosque illegally built as most of the time for mosque no one buy the land in personal name and its a gov responsibility to mark is as religious land, which indians dont do and whenever they want due to high market value the start doing this sort of things

why on earth they didnt report when this mosque was contructed? its just indian media to proof everything illegally built if its belong to muslims.......

SHAME on indians

read the second paragraph

shame on u that u cant understand that its govt land

 

[StingRoy]

Well some days ago some one was crying over supposed occupation of Gurdwara land in Lahore.

Pakistan sells sikh Gurudwara Land to its Army

Hypocrites.

It was Gurudwara's land in Lahore... not GoP's. This case it was govt land, so stop comparing.

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

Indians can call any mosque illegally built as most of the time for mosque no one buy the land in personal name and its a gov responsibility to mark is as religious land, which indians dont do and whenever they want due to high market value the start doing this sort of things

why on earth they didnt report when this mosque was contructed? its just indian media to proof everything illegally built if its belong to muslims.......

SHAME on indians

Stop trolling.

Please your expanded letter, wont make it easier to believe you!

Read even Temples are in the same sisuation, plus its government land, maybe Muslims can buy a seperate land instead.

 

[Areesh]

It was Gurudwara's land in Lahore... not GoP's. This case it was govt land, so stop comparing.

It was Pakistan's land. In short it was abandoned land of Gurdwara. So why shouldn't we compare.

 

[tallboy123]

If it's Govt land,then illegal buildings should be demolished.....
Even it's temple or Mosque...

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

They should relocate the mosque to some other place

They don't listen.

There is a Islamic religious structure in the middle of the road,in my area,when authorities made such an offer,it was rejected.The authorities built speedbreakers to prevent any collisions/daamge to the structure.

Same goes for some Hindu shrines.(one of them in the middle of a highway.)

Hope some sense will grow,when pollution affects these structure.

 

[SQ8]

The hell with pollution.. let a few worshippers get turned into pancakes by some sporting fellow..and the relocation idea wont sound that bad.